By Linda Blackford | Editor
More data center resistance this week in two different counties, but far less surprising is the news that former Gov. Matt Bevin is appealing his 60-day jail term.
This week was also a sad one for Herald-Leader readers, thanks to a huge round of layoffs. Lexington and Kentucky are the poorer for the loss of talented journalists who hold the powerful to account.
Thanks, as always, for reading.
Valuable agricultural land is one of the reasons Woodford County has banned data center construction. (Photo courtesy Kentucky Tourism)
By Liam Niemeyer
Woodford County has approved an ordinance this week to permanently ban data center construction, the first Kentucky county to do so and among a handful of local governments across the country to take such a strict stance against the power-intensive operations.
Hemlock trees in the woods that are part of the Flight 93 crash site. They were marked with spray-paint by searchers in the days and weeks after the crash. This photo is from sometime in 2006. (Photo courtesy of Tim Lambert)
COMMENTARY
By Tim Lambert
Passing through two towering concrete walls, my eyes were focused on the overlook ahead. The expanse of fields of tall grasses, trees and flowers disappeared from view. I reached the end and stood in front of a waist-high glass window, marked with the phrase: “A common field one day. A field of honor forever.”
I was back at the Flight 93 National Memorial.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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